All in a Day's Work

It was yet another work day. There are umpteen blogs that explain what an IT professional's dog day is like.
My Scheduler for the day, did not have anything different. Few meetings to attend, few documents to complete, few issues to analyze and a presentation to make.
On such a mundane day, It was a the first conf. call that made my day!

When it was time for the call, I dialed the bridge number and waited for the welcome message('Welcome to the con. call set up. At any time of this call, enter your pass code and the # sign').

But, the message was different this time - It said 'To indulge in a conversation, dial 1-800-T A L K'. I thought I had dialed the wrong number, cut the call and re-dialled - got the same message.
Without giving much thought about the choice of words or the tone in the previous message, I dialed 1-800-T A L K, assuming that they should have got a fancier number and are using that now for the conf call.

To fully and exactly understand the situation, those reading this blog from the US, try dialing this number from your office phone. For those who are not in the US, the word 'indulge', a female voice, and an imaginable tone is enough to tell you where I landed.

I could not control my laughter for the next 1 hour. A simple typo by the person who arranged the meeting, brought tons of laughter into the call! We might have to deal with some code of conduct group later...

மிருக கண்காட்சி

மணியடித்தால் சோறு, எண் பொறுந்திய சட்டை, சிறு அறையில் அடைப்பு,
கொடுங்க்குற்றதிற்கு தண்டனை சிறைச்சாலையில்...
மனிதா, என்ன குற்றம் செய்தோம் நாங்கள்? அதே நிலை எங்களுக்கும் -
கதவு திறந்தால் சோறு, எண் பொறுந்திய பட்டை, சிற்றிடத்தில் அடைப்பு!

Homographs

My colleague K turned to me and asked 'how do you spell project as in projection? Before I could reply, he shot his next question.
Does project (as in projection) and project (as in software projects - tasks) spell the same? Again, before I could say anything, he knew the answer.

What a 'Eureka' moment for him, after decades of knowing and mastering the language!

As he was typing a mail, I could hear him murmur, how do I make them read it as project instead of project. Being in the software world, I could totally understand his problem.

This really makes us wonder why the language is so short(not the opposite of tall) of words?!

Jai Ho

Jai ho... Jai ho... definitely a Jai Hind moment!

A HUGE leep for Indian music and yet so simple and humble. Thanks ARR for mentioning about '1 billion well-wishers back home!'

1 billion fingers-crossed for Oscar! All the very Best!

Now...

Hope this is a reason good enough for the long hiatus.. Just got back to the ground and with so much happening around me, should get to the speed soon. By the way, I am curious to see if this new status will change my blogging style!